The wisdom of I Ching

Chapter 6 The Second Hexagram Kun (2)
The yellow lower garment is for people above the rank of corporal. When wearing a black dress, it is the lower garment. "Wen Zai Zhong Ye" refers to the beautiful lower garment, which is hidden under the upper garment, and is used to compare inner virtues.

This line shows humility.

Upper Six: The dragon fights in the wild, its blood is black and yellow.

"Xiang" said: "The dragon fights in the wild", and its way is poor.

"Shangliu" has reached the highest position of the six days, and it is an even-numbered yin position, and all the kun hexagrams are yin lines; therefore, yin has reached its peak, and it is in the position of cathode against yang, and it has to compete with yang.The struggle between yin and yang, that is, the villain and the gentleman, the evil and the righteous struggle, and the result is that both sides lose.Therefore, it is symbolized by two dragons fighting in the wild with black and yellow blood.The sky is mysterious and the earth is yellow, and the heaven and the earth are in conflict, so the blood shed is black and yellow.

The reason why dragons fight in the wild is because they are desperate and forced to do so. Of course, they are dangerous.One said, this symbolizes the demise of the tyrant King Zhou.

This line shows that extreme femininity is bound to be dangerous.Use six: Li Yongzhen.

"Xiang" said: "Use the six eternal chastity" to end up with the big one. "Yong Liu" refers to the assertion when the kun hexagram is occupied, and the six days are all changing lines, and it is possible that all of them will become yang lines. "Yong Liu" has the same meaning as "Yong Jiu" in Qian Hexagram, that is, to be good at using the law of change of the six lines of Kun Hexagram, and not to be constrained by changes.But differently, the "Yongjiu" of the Qian hexagram refers to making good use of masculinity, like the law of the sky, creating and nurturing all things without asking for rewards, and having subjectivity.And Kun hexagram "Using Six" is to use femininity, such as obeying the law of receiving the sky, generating and carrying all things, which belongs to the subordinate position.Therefore, in Kun hexagram "using six", one must be firm and always keep pure and far-sighted in order to obtain favorable results.

This line shows that the principle of softness is used, and the prerequisite is to be pure and persistent.

"Classical Chinese" says: "Kun is soft when moving but also rigid; when it is quiet, it is virtuous; when it is mastered, it is permanent; it embraces all things and transforms into light."Is Kun Dao going along with it?Inherit the sky and go with the times.

The following is a further extension of the interpretation of "Xiang Zhuan" in "Wen Yan Zhuan" and expounds it with Confucian ethics.

"Kun" is the law of the earth. It is extremely soft, but it is strong in action; Isn't the law of "kun" very smooth?Inheriting the will of the heavens, it operates according to the time sequence.

A family that accumulates goodness will surely have surplus celebrations; a family that accumulates bad qualities will surely have surplus calamities.Ministers kill their rulers, sons kill their fathers, it is not a matter of one day and one night.Yi said: "Walking on the frost is as hard as the ice." Gai Yan said it well.

In this section, we explain the "walking on the frost and ice" of the "sixth day".A family that accumulates goodness will inevitably have excess auspiciousness, which will be bequeathed to future generations; a family that has accumulated evil will inevitably have excess disasters, which will be bequeathed to future generations.When a subject kills a king, and a son kills a father, it is not an accident that happens overnight, but a gradual accumulation of inevitability, due to the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and not to distinguish and deal with it early.Therefore, the "Book of Changes" said: "When you step on the frost, the ice will come." This is the inevitable result.

"Straight" means righteousness. "Fang" has its meaning.A gentleman respects the straight inside, righteousness outside the square, respects righteousness and establishes, but virtue is not alone. "Straight, square, big, no disadvantages if you don't practice."Then there is no doubt about what he did.

This section explains the "straight, square, and big" of "Six Two". "Zhi" means upright, and "Fang" means righteousness.A gentleman uses a prudent attitude to make his heart upright; he uses the criterion of justice as the norm for his external behavior; as long as he establishes the spirit of prudence and justice, his virtue will not be isolated.So it is said: As long as you are upright, principled, and lenient, there is no need to learn, and there will be no disadvantages. Naturally, there will be no doubts about your own behavior.

Although yin has beauty, if it is "contained" to follow the king's affairs, it will not dare to succeed.Authentic also.The wife's way is also, the minister's way is also.The authentic "no success", but the generation "has an end".

This section explains the "contained chapters" of "Six Three".Although femininity is a virtue, it should be reserved and hidden; when it is used to engage in the king's government affairs, it cannot take credit for it.This is the principle of the earth, the principle of the wife, the principle of the subject, that is, the principle that must be avoided in a subordinate position.The principle of the earth is to give birth to all things, and it is attributed to the sky. Therefore, in the alternation of time series, it can have a beginning and an end.

The world changes, and the vegetation grows; the world is closed, and the sages hide.

"Yi" said: "Including the bag, there is no blame, no reputation." Gai Yan is also sincere.This section explains the "encapsulation" of "June [-]th".In the natural changes of the heaven and the earth, the vegetation flourishes; if the heaven and the earth are closed, the virtuous and capable people will hide.Therefore, in the "Book of Changes": "Tighten the mouth of the bag, there will be no fault, but there will be no honor." It means that words and deeds should be cautious.

The gentleman "yellow" is in the middle of reason, the right position is in the body, the beauty is in it, and it is smooth in the four branches, and the distribution of business is the most important thing.

This is to explain the "Sixth Five-Year Plan" that the gentleman in "yellow clothes" should be like yellow, in the center, and reasonable, and he should be well-organized and well-organized.You should keep yourself in a proper position. Virtue is possessed inside the body, and it naturally flows through the limbs, so that you can move freely. You should make the virtue outward in your career. This is the ultimate beauty.

Zisi wrote "The Doctrine of the Mean".Its concept is obviously derived from this "Huang Zhong" point of view.If Yin doubts Yang, he must "fight".It is called "Dragon" because it dislikes the absence of yang.

Yan.It is still not separated from its kind, so it is called "blood".Husband "mysterious yellow", the sky and the earth are miscellaneous, the sky is mysterious and the earth is yellow.

The "upper six" yin has reached its peak, so it defies the principle of obeying yang.On the contrary, if you suspect Yang, you will inevitably fight.This is because yin has become extremely powerful, and people mistakenly think that yang has disappeared, and they themselves are yang, a gentleman, and a loyal minister; in fact, yang still exists, like a lurking dragon, waiting to move.Although yin has flourished for a while, it still has not deviated from the essence of yin. It is still the yin of the same kind of blood, a fake yang, a hypocrite and a traitor.Black and yellow are originally the mixed colors of the sky and the earth. The sky is black and the earth is yellow.The dragon has black and yellow blood, which means Yin and Yang, that is, the gentleman and the villain, justice and evil, both sides will suffer.

A Comprehensive Overview of Kun Hexagrams

[Meaning] Dealing with people - stretching and suppleness, tolerance and concession.

[Gua Yi] It symbolizes "earth", suppleness, weakness, negativeness, indication, meaning, stillness, bearing, smoothness, yin, and femininity.

[Introduction] The hexagram of "Kun" is the symbol of the earth.The earth stores power in stillness and gives birth to everything.All the hexagrams formed by yin transformation are opposite to the strong, positive and masculine of "Qian", representing weakness, negativity and femininity.Of course, this does not mean that weakness is worse than strength, and the function of heaven is also brought into play due to the change of yin and yang.This obedience and softness, surpassing positivity is the way to control rigidity with softness.

[Hexagram Meaning] Its meaning is submissive, and it inspires people to have the "earth" to obey all things, and there is the "zhen" of "mare horse". , give birth to all things, through the meaning of the hexagrams, it shows the character of straightforwardness, squareness, generosity, tolerance and carrying all things, and emphasizes the principle of being compliant in life.

[Hexagram] Three pairs and six breaks, the image of pure yin, and the symbol of the earth.

[Thinking mode] (1) There must be sufficient estimates of unfavorable conditions, not to be taken lightly, and not to be blindly optimistic.

(2) We must assess the situation and follow the trend, but we must maintain the most precious and excellent quality so as not to suffer losses.

(3) Have a firm belief in final success, don't rush for quick success, and don't care about temporary success or failure.

(4) Be extremely cautious in all speech and actions.

(5) Be good at choosing a reliable support force.

(6) Conserve strength and wait for changes.

[Philosophical Enlightenment] The hexagram Kun symbolizes the earth, and we call it Mother Earth.She conceives all things and bears all things.Therefore, it inspires us to have the broad mind of the earth and profound virtue.Everything is created on the day, and the earth is loaded to complete the birth of life.We must have the principle of obedience, follow but not surpass, harm but not reject.Know how to be reserved and modest, restrain the edge, and have the self-cultivation of inner square and outer circle.

[Decision-making thinking] Pay attention to the way of dealing with the world. In the current situation, you should adopt a calm and watchful approach, and use softness to control rigidity.The principle of adapting to all changes.A calm, tolerant, and supple manner can also lay the foundation for a successful career.The hexagram Kun explains the law of the earth.In the process of creating all things in the universe, the sky creates all things, and the earth carries the load to complete life.The law of the earth is tranquility and purity; obedience to the law of heaven is fortitude and action; quiet and prudent words and deeds, so, but action is square; follow but not surpass, tolerate but not reject; have the most gentle character, This is the basic attitude of being a human being. We should see the small things and understand that all results are inevitable in accumulation, and we must prevent problems before they happen.It should be straightforward, upright, magnanimous, reserved but not ostentatious, restrained in words and actions, and humble and adhere to the principle of moderation.It should be soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, round on the outside and square on the inside.However, with the principle of softness, you can't go to extremes, and extremes are bound to be dangerous.We must deeply understand the master-slave relationship, insist on purity, calmness and objectivity.Only by using the power to change, grasping the changes, being soft but able to be strong, and making good use of the law of softness, can adversity be turned into good fortune.

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